[bradknowles]

When I was at AOL in the mid-90s, I got stock options on multiple occasions, always with a four year vesting period. In 1997, the environment became so toxic there that I could no longer stay.

I later calculated that if I had been able to stay, and kept all my options and cashed them in at the height of the market, I would have made $16m.

But my life and my sanity are worth much more to me than a measly $16m.

Sure, you can look at the money. But you also have to look at your life and what it’s doing to you.